AN ACT for the regulation of the business of horseshoeing. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in he General Assembly: That it shall be unlawful for any person to follow the occupation of a horseshoer in this State unless he shall first have obtained a certificate of registration as provided in this Act: Provided, however, that nothing in this Act shall apply to or effect any person who is now actually engaged in such occupation, except as hereinafter provided.

§ 2. A board of examiners, to consist of five (5) persons, to be known as the Board of Examiners of Horseshoers, is hereby created to carry out and enforce the provisions of this Act. Said board shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall consist of three practical master horseshoers, who have been for at least three years prior to their appointment engaged in the occupation of horseshoeing in this State. Two journeymen horseshoers, who have been for at least three years prior to their appointment, engaged in the occupation of horseshoeing as journeymen horseshoers in this State. Each member of said board shall serve for five (5) years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified, except in the case of the first board, whose members shall serve one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years respectively. Every member before entering upon the duties of his office shall take the oath provided for public officers. Vacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term.

§ 3. Said board shall elect from its members a president, secretary and treasurer, shall provide for and have a common seal. The secretary and the president shall have the power to administer oaths for the purpose of carrying on the business of said board. Said board shall have power to make all necessary rules for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act. The secretary, before entering upon his duties, shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), with sureties to be approved by the Secretary of State, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty. The secretary shall receive all moneys and keep a complete record from whom received and shall on the first day of each month turn over to the treasurer of said board all moneys collected or coming into his hands during the previous month and take a receipt from the treasurer for the amount. The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board and perform the duties required

of secretaries. The treasurer shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), with sureties to be approved by the Secretary of State.

§ 4. The members of said board shall receive the sum of three dollars and 50 cents ($3.50) per day for each day necessarily employed in the discharge of their duties, their necessary traveling expenses and other incidental expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties under this Act.

§ 5. The board shall have power by a majority vote of its members to provide blanks, stationery and all necessary expenses of the said board to properly conduct its business.

§ 6. Said board shall hold examinations at least five times each year. At least two of examinations to be held in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and such other examinations at such times and places as they may by resolution from time to time determine. The board shall keep a record of all of its proceedings, which shall be open for public inspection, showing the names and addresses of all horseshoers that are registered under the provisions of this Act, and the result of their examination of applicants, and all matters pertaining to their proceedings.

§ 7. Said board shall file with the Governor on the first day of July of each year an itemized statement of all the receipts and expenses of the board for the year, and the names of all horseshoers and their places of business that are registered under the provisions of this Act, and such other facts as they may adopt deem necessary to call to his attention. The expenses of the board shall be paid out of the receipts of the board, and shall not exceed the receipts in any year.

§ 8. The treasurer of said board shall file with the Treasurer of the State of Illinois on the first day of July of each year an itemized statement of all receipts of said board for each year ending June 30, and shall pay into the State treasury all moneys so received monthly.

§ 9. All persons now actually engaged in the occupation of horseshoeing in this State shall within ninety days from the time this Act. goes into effect file with said board an affidavit setting forth his name, residence and length of time and the place where he has practiced said occupation, and shall pay to the secretary of said board a fee of one dollar and a certificate of registration shall be granted to him, signed by the president and secretary of said board and under its seal, authorizing him to practice as a horseshoer in this State.

§ 10. Any person desiring to obtain a certificate of registration. under this Act shall (except as provided in section nine (9) of this Act) make application to the board therefor, pay to the secretary of said board an examination fee of five dollars ($5.00), present himself at the next meeting of the board for the examination of applicants, and if he shows to the satisfaction of said board that he has a certificate from a reputable veterinary surgeon showing that he understands the anatomy of a horse's limb and foot, that he has studied and practiced the trade of horseshoeing for a period of three years as a horseshoer under a practicing horseshoer, and that he is possessed of the requisite skill in said trade to properly perform the duties thereof, including a proper knowledge of the anatomy of the horse's foot, and of the most approved

methods of shoeing horses, and of the practices pertaining to the trade, his name shall be entered by the board in the register of said board, and a certificate of registration shall be issued to him, signed by the president and secretary of said board, and under its seal authorizing him to practice as a horseshoer in this State.

§ 11. All certificates of registration issued as provided by sections nine (9) and ten (10) of the Act shall be for a period of one year, and any certificate of registration so issued may be renewed upon application of the holder thereof, and upon the payment to the secretary of the board of a fee of one dollar and all certificates of registrations and renewals thereof, shall be issued for one year.

§ 12. Nothing in this Act shall prohibit any person from serving as an apprentice in said trade under a horseshoer having a certificate of registration and authorized to practice under the provisions of this Act.

§ 13. Said board shall keep a register in which shall be entered the names of all persons to whom certificates of registration are issued under this Act, which shall at all times be open for public inspection.

§ 14. Any person practicing the occupation of a horseshoer in this State without having obtained a certificate of registration, as provided by this Act, except as provided in section ten (10) of this Act, or any person who shall have in his employ any persons practicing horseshoeing without such person employed having a certificate of registration as provided by this Act, except as provided in section ten (10) of this Act, or any person violating any of the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days, or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

APPROVED June 28th, 1915.

MASON CONTRACTORS AND EMPLOYING MASONS-BOARD OF EXAMINERS.

§ 1. Amends section 3, Act of 1913.

§3. As amended, provides all members of board of examiners shall be prac tical masons.

(HOUSE BILL No. 84. APPROVED JUNE 29, 1915.)

AN ACT to amend section three (3) of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the licensing of mason contractors and employing masons, and to regulate the safe and proper construction of buildings," approved June 30, 1913, in force July 1, 1913.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section three (3) of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the licensing of mason contractors and employing masons, and to regulate the safe and proper construction of buildings," approved June 30, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

3. In every city of 150,000 inhabitants or over there shall be a board of examiners of mason contractors or employing masons consisting of three members, all of whom shall be practical masons, and who shall

be appointed by the mayor and approved by the city council within three months after the passage of this Act, for the term of one (1) year from the first day of May in the year of appointment, and thereafter annually before the first day of May, and shall be paid from the treasury of said city such sum as the officers may designate.

APPROVED June 29th, 1915.

PROTECTION FROM POISONOUS FUMES OR DUST.

§ 1. Manufacture of metals, wares or merchandise which create noxious fumes or dust must be conducted in rooms lying wholly above ground.

§ 2. State factory inspector to enforce Act-shall give notice and direct proper changes to be made.

§ 3. Penalty.

§ 4. Right of action by injured employee for damages commenced within two years.

(HOUSE BILL No, 787. APPROVED JUNE 29, 1915.)

AN ACT in relation to employments creating poisonous fumes or dust in harmful quantities, and to provide for the enforcement thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That every employer of labor in this State, engaged in the manufacture, repairing or altering of any metals, wares or merchandise which may produce or generate poisonous or noxious fumes or dusts in harmful quantities, such as metal polishing, grinding, plating and dipping of metals in acid solutions or dips, are hereby declared to be especially dangerous to the health of the employees so engaged. Such manufacture, repairing or altering of any metals or merchandise in such processes and places of employment shall be conducted in rooms lying wholly above the surface of the ground.

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the chief State factory inspector, the assistant state factory inspector, and the deputy factory inspectors to enforce the provisions of this Act, and to prosecute all violations of the same before any magistrate or any court of competent jurisdiction in this State, and for that purpose such inspectors are empowered to visit and inspect, at all reasonable hours, all places that may come under the provisions of this Act. In the enforcement thereof, said chief State factory inspector, the assistant chief State factory inspector, and the deputy factory inspectors shall give proper notice in regard to any violation of this Act to any employer of labor violating it, and direct the proper changes to be made to protect the health of the employees therein, and such notice shall be written or printed and shall be signed by the chief State factory inspector, or any one of his assistants authorized by him to sign such orders, and said notice may be served by delivering the same to the person upon whom service is to be had, or by leaving at usual place of abode or business an exact copy thereof, or by sending a copy thereof to such person by mail, and upon receipt of such notice calling the attention of the employer to such violation, he shall immediately comply with the provisions of this Act.

§ 3. Any person, firm or corporation who shall, personally, or through any agent, violate any of the provisions of this Act, or who omits or fails to comply with any of its requirements, or who obstructs or interferes with any examination or investigation being made by the chief State factory inspector, the assistant chief State factory inspector,

and the deputy factory inspectors in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or any employee who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished for the first offense, by a fine of not less than twentyfive dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00); and upon conviction of the second or subsequent offense, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and in each case shall stand committed until such fine and costs are paid, unless otherwise discharged by due process of law. § 4. For any injury to the health of any employee proximately caused by any wilful violation of this Act or wilful failure to comply with any of its provisions, a right of action shall accrue to the party whose health has been so injured, for any direct damages sustained thereby; and in case of the loss of life by reason of such wilful violation or wilful failure as aforesaid, a right of action shall accrue to the widow of such deceased person, his lineal heirs or adopted children, or to any other person or persons who were, before such loss of life, dependent for support upon such deceased person, for recovery of damages for the injury sustained by reason of such loss of life, not to exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, that every such action for damages in case of death shall be commenced within two (2) years after the death of such employee.

AN ACT to provide for the licensing of structural engineers. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That within thirty days after the taking effect of this Act the Governor of the State shall appoint a State Board of Examiners of Structural Engineers, to be composed of five members, one of whom shall be a professor in the Civil Engineering De